After operating the NOAH Shelter for the past 32 years, HAC will soon be handing that responsibility over to Catholic Social Services (CSS) of the Diocese of Fall River. HAC’s board of directors voted on Wednesday evening to turn over [...]
HAC CEO Rick Presbrey (left) with Paul Rifkin of Falmouth. […]
NOAH Shelter Director Greg Bar talks with Rick Presbrey, CEO of HAC, and Michael Sweeney, HAC’s vice president of administration and finance, at the opening of the day center. “The place is booming,” HAC CEO Rick Presbrey said to Michael [...]
This Thursday the 99 Restaurant in West Yarmouth has kindly offered to donate 15 percent of your check to the Dennis-Yarmouth Ecumenical Council to Prevent Homelessness (DYECH). […]
Sit down with Tracey Dalton for even a minute and you will encounter someone who is largely positive, and considers herself blessed. “I’ve never been happier in my entire life,” she says honestly. […]
“A minimal amount of human contact can change a life,” said Greg Bar, manager of HAC’s NOAH Shelter, about a new volunteer project at NOAH Shelter. One night Bill Dado had a dream he was working with the homeless in [...]
Ryder Mamo, 7, of Truro stopped by the offices of Housing Assistance Corporation on West Main Street in Hyannis the other day accompanied by his mother and a bag full of toys. They were toys Ryder received on his birthday [...]
Jodi, 30, is a reader. She is also a homeless single mother. So when the Cotuit Library recently invited Jodi and other homeless mothers to a special family literacy program, she decided to take full advantage of it. “I think [...]
For 30 years, I have been in favor of rental assistance being time-limited. […]
At the party Michael Princi throws every year to help homeless families, the host told a favorite story about how a small gesture can help someone in need. […]
Talking about the weeks and months she was homeless was so painful for one former Project Prevention client, she found it difficult to tell the story. […]
The biggest fundraiser of the year for Housing Assistance Corporation is the Shelter Cape Cod Telethon. This year, the telethon is benefiting all four of HAC’s shelters: NOAH Shelter, Angel House in Hyannis, Carriage House in North Falmouth, and the [...]
Last December the Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation awarded Housing Assistance Corporation a $373,000 grant to fund a three-year pilot program called Attachment, Self-Regulation and Competency (ARC) to train Angel House staff in trauma-informed care, which focuses on children’s resiliency [...]
Each year the NAACP Cape Cod branch gives awards to people who step out beyond their roles, who go “above and beyond” to help people in the community, as NAACP Cape Cod branch vice president John Reed said. At this [...]
Ken and Janice Lyman of Yarmouthport have long been supporters of Housing Assistance Corporation’s Project Prevention through their church, St. Pius X Parish in South Yarmouth, but the couple decided they could do more. […]
Mollie Reis (1933-2013) […]
Several fundraisers to help prevent homelessness are coming up this month in Yarmouth. Mark your calendar for two free concerts and an opportunity to dine out to benefit Dennis Yarmouth Ecumenical Council for Housing Assistance Corporation. […]
